Fine after employee killed operating ride-on lawnmower
A GROUNDS maintenance company has been fined after an employee was killed while operating a ride-on lawnmower near Ripon.
A GROUNDS maintenance company has been fined after an employee was killed while operating a ride-on lawnmower near Ripon.
A HALESOWEN forge has been fined £750k after an employee sustained fatal injuries when he became entangled in a 20-metre long lathe.
DOCTORS MANAGED to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after it had been severed off by a rotating blade.
A GLASS and glazing company which installs and repairs glass windscreens and side windows to buses, coaches, motor homes and trains, has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from using vibrating tools.
HARBRO LIMITED has been fined after an employee’s hand became entangled in a ‘Superbruiser’ mixing machine.
TWO SISTER companies based in Grantham, Lincolnshire that manufacture cardboard items, and a company that manufactures flat-bed die cutting (FBDC) machines have all been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries to his left hand.
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after one of its employees suffered scalping injuries when her hair became entangled in a pillar drill.
C F BOOTH (Engineering) Ltd has been sentenced after a 37-year-old worker became entangled and pulled into a CNC lathe.
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Acrivarn Ltd, has been sentenced for safety breaches after an employee using a 9-inch angle grinder suffered significant facial injuries when the cutting disc came into contact with his face.
The latest Tool Movers from RUD are designed to take the strain out of tasks such as moving tools from injection moulding machines or dismantling heavy machine parts that previously needed a crane and at least two operators.
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